Microdiagnostics for minicomputers

System/360 Model 85 is a large central processing unit, (CPU), which contains a machine cycle of 80 nanoseconds and a main storage access of 1.2 microseconds. It has the capability of executing 12,500,000 add register to register type instructions per ...

This note describes the microdiagnostic approach being used on the Standard Computer MLP-900 processor. This machine is microprogrammable and designed for general-purpose emulation, simulation, and interpretation. As a consequence it has a number of ...

The first application of electronic computers was in the field of business accounting. The computer replaced punched card equipment and performed simple, repetitive clerical tasks. The system configurations and the application programs in this area have ...